Orlando Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station Postcard

Orlando Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station Postcard

ACL Railway Station Postcard

Orlando (Fla.)

Railroads--Florida

A color postcard featuring the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) Railway Company station, located at 1400 Sligh Boulevard in Orlando, Florida, in the 1930s. This station was constructed in 1926 at a cost of $500,000 and was originally part of the ACL system. However, in 1967, the station joined the Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) Railroad, after a merger between the SCL and the ACL. With stucco facade and towers flanking its entrance, the station has been studied many times for its Mission Revival-style architecture. After being in operation for 65 years, the Orlando Amtrak station was in desperate need of renovations. In 1991, a collective of local organizations, companies and groups came together to fund the needed renovations.

Color postcard of A.C.L. Railway Station, Orlando, Fla. depicting genre scene of people waiting to board a train.

Original 10 x 14 centimeter color postcard: "A.C.L. Railway Station, Orlando, Fla. 'The City Beautiful.'" Orange News Company, Orlando, Florida: Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Orange News Company

ca. 1930-1939

ca. 1930-1949

Curteich

Digital reproduction of original 10 x 14 centimeter color postcard: "A.C.L. Railway Station, Orlando, Fla. 'The City Beautiful'." Orange News Company, Orlando, Florida: Tag number DP0004817, Central Florida Memory.

Original 10 x 14 centimeter color postcard: "A.C.L. Railway Station, Orlando, Fla. 'The City Beautiful.'" Orange News Company, Orlando, Florida.

Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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10 x 14 centimeter color postcard

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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Station, Orlando, Florida

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Originally published by the Orange News Company.

Copyright to this resource is held by University of Central Florida, Special Collections & University Archives and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

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O.129—A. C. L. Railway Station, Orlando, Fla. "The City Beautiful"

1 color postcard

10 x 14 centimeters